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abcandjrc
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My experience makes me think you could use it if you watched your weather report and also did not get out where a change would beat you to death getting back in if the weather guessers missed it (again).
A swell without whitecaps is not too bad unless you are beam-to, then you will roll a bit. The keel is not ballasted. Whitecaps or greater, dead on the nose, will result in pounding and jarring but is survivable. In whitecaps astern, you will surf a bit and have a fairly good ride, but anything like seas over 2-3 feet with some white and a short period can be tricky. The steering is responsive, but a 21' boat can broach in a big hurry.
(We lived aboard on another boat in Titusville and Cocoa for a while.) You could run almost anyplace on the ICW in your area with no problems. The Banana or Indian Rivers would be great. And since inlets are kind of few and far between in that general area, getting too far away from one and being caught out could get pretty uncomfortable.
A swell without whitecaps is not too bad unless you are beam-to, then you will roll a bit. The keel is not ballasted. Whitecaps or greater, dead on the nose, will result in pounding and jarring but is survivable. In whitecaps astern, you will surf a bit and have a fairly good ride, but anything like seas over 2-3 feet with some white and a short period can be tricky. The steering is responsive, but a 21' boat can broach in a big hurry.
(We lived aboard on another boat in Titusville and Cocoa for a while.) You could run almost anyplace on the ICW in your area with no problems. The Banana or Indian Rivers would be great. And since inlets are kind of few and far between in that general area, getting too far away from one and being caught out could get pretty uncomfortable.
abcandjrc
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I hadn't heard much about it. Was it damaged somehow, or just falling apart on it's own? We anchored off it several times over the years. We haven't been back down that way for about 12 years now.
But that would be a nice spot for an R21!
But that would be a nice spot for an R21!
abcandjrc
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I checked a bit on the story last night and found that the dragon died during a storm about 10 years ago. I also checked my log books and found that the last time we saw it was on our way to The Bahamas in March of 1998. Time flies when you are having fun. Or as one of my favorite signs, found in the Family Bakery, in Marsh Harbour, said:
"Time flies like the wind.
Fruit flies like bananas."
For those underprivileged readers, here is one of the links to what we are talking about:
http://www.studentsoftheunusual.com/homework_03.htm
"Time flies like the wind.
Fruit flies like bananas."
For those underprivileged readers, here is one of the links to what we are talking about:
http://www.studentsoftheunusual.com/homework_03.htm
commander bill
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Consider that the R25 and above are self baling while the R21 is not
rt11002003
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commander bill, I'm assuming you mean the cockpits are self bailing. 🙂 Not having a self bailing cockpit was a concern of mine, but after owning the R21EC for awhile it became a minor issue. I never got water in the cockpit due to sea conditons; I saw waves as high as the pulpit and operated in wind above 25 knots. Any water coming over the helm house when driving thru waves landed on the cockpit surrey top. Never had any other water try to get in.
I always likened the R21EC to a cork; it just bobs along taking things in stride. 😱 With all that said, I'd be careful with heavy weather. A small boat is a small boat, even large boats can't always ride out a bad storm. 🙁
A major short coming of the R21EC is boat speed, if one wants to venture slightly offshore. At approx. 9 knots max, one doesn't want to be too far from shelter if heavy weather moves in.
On the subject of cockpit drains, my Rosborough RF-246 has huge cockpit drains going directly into the sea; no hoses, clamps, etc. And, it has positive flotation. 😉
gene
I always likened the R21EC to a cork; it just bobs along taking things in stride. 😱 With all that said, I'd be careful with heavy weather. A small boat is a small boat, even large boats can't always ride out a bad storm. 🙁
A major short coming of the R21EC is boat speed, if one wants to venture slightly offshore. At approx. 9 knots max, one doesn't want to be too far from shelter if heavy weather moves in.
On the subject of cockpit drains, my Rosborough RF-246 has huge cockpit drains going directly into the sea; no hoses, clamps, etc. And, it has positive flotation. 😉
gene
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